GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |